How Many People Are Named Lavel?
An estimated 195 people in the United States have the first name Lavel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Lavel peaked in popularity in 1993 with 10 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lavel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lavel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
195
About 1 in 1,757,715 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1993
10 births
Total Registered
205
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lavel
Lavel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 205 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Lavel as a male name
Ranked #13,332 in 2018
5 male births in 2018
Peak: 1993 (10 births)
Lavel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lavel span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 53 babies were registered. While Lavel is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Lavel by Decade
How has Lavel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lavel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lavel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lavel
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lavel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lavel?
We estimate approximately 195 people named Lavel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,757,715 Americans share this first name.
Is Lavel a common name?
Lavel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 205 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lavel most popular?
Lavel reached peak popularity in 1993, when 10 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lavel is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lavel a male name?
Lavel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lavel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lavel Smith, Lavel Johnson, Lavel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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